Francisco de Zamudio y Avendaño explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francisco de Zamudio y Avendaño
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Nueva Caceres
Term:1628–1639
Predecessor:Luis de Cañizares
Successor:Nicolás de Zaldívar y Zapata
Consecration:29 June 1629
Birth Date:7 January 1570
Birth Place:Portilla, Spanish Empire
Death Date:27 April 1639 (age 69)
Death Place:Nueva Caceres, Captaincy General of the Philippines

Francisco de Zamudio y Avendaño, O.S.A. (7 January 1570 – 27 April 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres (1628–1639).[1]

Biography

Francisco de Zamudio y Avendaño was born in Portilla on 7 January 1570 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On 10 July 1628, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nueva Caceres.On 29 June 1629, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Nueva Caceres until his death on 10 July 1639.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 125. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Francisco de Zamudio y Avendaño, O.S.A. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.